Lea Morrison

03/19/2026

5 years ago today we had our first date and every day since has been better than the last. I don’t know why or how I got so lucky to laugh and live life with you, but I thank God for you everyday.

Happy Anniversary my love 🥰

03/02/2026

On Friday, we’re screening The M Factor documentary in Kelowna, a powerful film exposing how women’s midlife health has been overlooked, minimized, and under-researched for decades.

I have the honour of joining the panel as the mental health voice in the room, bringing a trauma-informed counselling and nervous system lens to a conversation that has been far too medically siloed for far too long.

I’ll be alongside an incredible group of practitioners working in this field:
nd ,Naturopathic Physician
Hannal Lintell, Clinical Pharmacist
, Functional Medicine Diagnostic Nutritionist and Medical Exercise Specialist

Why this conversation matters:

• 35.6 percent of women worldwide in perimenopause or post-menopause experience depression
• Up to 70 percent report significant psychological symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, and mood instability
• As many as two-thirds experience cognitive changes often described as “brain fog”

This is not just about hot flashes. It is about brain chemistry, nervous system regulation, identity shifts, and mental health.

For generations, women have been told to push through, handed antidepressants without hormone conversations, or reassured that it is just stress. Meanwhile, fluctuating estrogen and progesterone directly influence serotonin, dopamine, sleep, and stress response.

Menopause is a whole-woman transition. It deserves a whole-system conversation.

If you are navigating perimenopause or menopause, or you support women who are, I would love to see you there.

Friday, March 6th at 6:00 pm
1050 Frost Road, Kelowna BC
Tickets: $34.94

Hosted in partnership with Ivy Health Clinic and Shoppers Drug Mart.

03/02/2026

On Friday, we will be screening "The M Factor" documentary, which powerfully exposes how women’s midlife health has been overlooked, minimized, and under-researched, and why it is time for a very different conversation.

I have the honour of sitting on a menopause panel as the mental health voice in the room, bringing a trauma-informed counselling and nervous system lens to a conversation that has been far too medically siloed for far too long.

I will be joined by an extraordinary group of women who are each doing meaningful work in this space:

Featuring:

Dr. Brittany Schamerhorn, Naturopathic Physician
Hannal Lintell, Clinical Pharmacist
Jenn Pike, Functional Medicine Diagnostic Nutritionist and Medical Exercise Specialist
and myself, offering a counselling and mental health perspective grounded in nervous system science and trauma-informed care.

This panel brings together medical, pharmaceutical, functional, and psychological insight because menopause is not just a hormone issue. It is a whole woman experience. And it deserves a whole system conversation. Perimenopause and menopause are major neurological and hormonal transitions that directly impact mental health, and for decades our medical system has minimized, dismissed, or under-researched them.

Here are a few numbers that rarely get talked about:

- Around 35.6 % of women worldwide in perimenopause or post-menopause experience depression, making it a major global health concern, not a “mood swing.”

- Up to 70 % of women report significant psychological symptoms, including brain fog, anxiety, irritability, and mood instability during the menopausal transition.

- 44 %–62 % of women in perimenopause report cognitive difficulties, like forgetfulness and trouble concentrating, often severe enough to affect work and daily life.

- Up to two-thirds of women (~66 %) experience some level of menopause-related brain fog, not just “feeling tired.”

- Over 50 % of women report low mood and depression, around 50 % report anxiety, and 42 % report anger and severe mood swings during this transition.

There is a reason so many women in their 40’s and 50’s suddenly feel anxious, flat, foggy, irritable, or unlike themselves, and it is not because they are “too sensitive” or “not coping well.” For generations, women have been told to “push through,” handed antidepressants without hormone conversations, or reassured that it is “just stress.” Meanwhile, fluctuating estrogen and progesterone are directly influencing serotonin, dopamine, sleep regulation, and stress response.

Traditional medical training has long under-emphasized menopause, meaning many clinicians do not consistently recognize or treat the mental health aspects of this transition, and women often leave appointments with antidepressants or reassurance rather than hormone-informed care.

This is not just about hot flashes. This is about brain chemistry, nervous system regulation, identity shifts, grief, boundaries, and capacity. When a woman who has managed everything for decades suddenly feels overwhelmed, panicked, weepy, or mentally foggy, that deserves informed care, not dismissal.

If you are navigating perimenopause or menopause, or you love someone who is, this conversation matters. Education reduces shame. Community reduces isolation. And mental health support during this stage should be standard, not optional.

We deserve better care. We deserve informed conversations. And we deserve to understand what is happening in our own bodies. If this speaks to you, we would love to see you there.

Hosted in partnership with Ivy Health Clinic & Shoppers Drug Mart

Friday, March 6th @6:00 pm
1050 Frost Road, Kelowna BC

Tix $34.94 (come with a friend and ticket price reduced )

Join us for The (M) Factor 2: Before the Pause—a fun, eye-opening film event on perimenopause and women’s health!

01/20/2026

Ever notice how when life gets intense, you somehow handle it really well?

You’re calm.
You’re competent.
You get everyone through it.

And then later… you’re wrecked.

Crying. Snappy. Exhausted. Numb.
Wondering why you “can’t just be fine” now that it’s over.

That’s not you failing.
That’s high distress tolerance.

It gets you through the moment, but it doesn’t mean your nervous system had the capacity to take care of you while it was happening.

A lot of us learned how to endure, while very few of us learned how to support ourselves in real time.

So we push.
We hold.
We power through.

And then the body taps out once it’s safe.

Nothing is wrong with you.
You’re not dramatic.
You’re not “too much.”

You just deserve skills that don’t require collapse as the recovery plan.

If this feels familiar, you’re not alone. And no, this isn’t about being tougher. It’s about being kinder to your nervous system.

With care, Lea

01/13/2026

If you were taught that being “good” meant overgiving, staying quiet, or keeping the peace, then being self-ish can feel deeply uncomfortable.

That discomfort doesn’t mean you’re doing something wrong. It usually means an old pattern is changing.

Being self-ish isn’t about taking more from others. It’s about abandoning yourself less. It’s knowing your limits before resentment shows up. It’s resting before you snap. It’s saying no early instead of disappearing later.

And yes, when you shift, not everyone will love it. That reaction is information about the dynamic, not a verdict on your character.

Self-ish is self respect.
Self-ish is self regulation.
Self-ish is how relationships stay honest and sustainable.

If this landed, save it. If it stirred something, that’s worth noticing too.

You’re not selfish. You’re learning to stay with yourself.

💛
Lea

01/02/2026

www.mindyourheartacademy.com/membership

01/02/2026

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Healing isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about learning how to feel safe enough to be yourself again.

Mind Your Heart Academy exists for people who are already doing the work but don’t want to do it alone anymore.

👉🏼 If therapy gave you insight but your body still panics
👉🏼 If you’re self aware and still exhausted
👉🏼 If you’re tired of white knuckling your nervous system and calling it growth

This space was built for you.

✔️ Monthly trauma informed education
✔️ Practical tools you can actually use on a Tuesday afternoon
✔️ A grounded, consent based community
✔️ No pressure to share. No forced vulnerability. No spiritual bypassing.

🎉 Just education, regulation, and real support for real humans.

✨ Facilitated by Angie
I remain the founder and clinical overseer, while Angie leads the monthly workshops and community space with care and consistency.

🚫 This space isn’t for crisis support, it’s for steady, supported growth.

You don’t need to be healed.
You just need to be willing to show up as you are.

Doors are open.
Your nervous system is invited too. 🧠✨

Link in bio.
Lea & Angie

01/02/2026

Happy anniversary to me. Ten years in business today. 🎉
Which feels both impressive and mildly unbelievable.

I didn’t start here.

I started as an energy healer.
Then I taught spiritual development.
Then meditation.
Then coaching.
Then stress management in the school district.
Then I fell deep into trauma education because harm reduction actually matters. (In all spaces)

Then I kept going.

I started teaching trauma education.
I founded Mind Your Heart Academy.
And now I’m doing the work I once didn’t have language for yet - healing and working as a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor - while writing curriculum & directing programs at MYHA.

Looking back, none of it was random.
Each chapter taught me something the next one needed.

What changed my business the most wasn’t strategy.
It was learning how to work without burning my nervous system to the ground. (Hot dumpster fire, no longer!)

That question: How do we do this work without harming ourselves? is what eventually became The Trauma-Informed Practitioner.

Not a pivot.
An integration.

Ten years in.
Still learning.
Still evolving.
Still choosing alignment.

Happy decade to me 🥂

Comment TIP for registration info - we start January 20th!!
With care,
Lea

12/23/2025

For those who hold others all day.
January circle + December bonus. No pressure. Just support.

Because if you’re a helper, healer, or practitioner, there’s a good chance you’ve been holding a lot this year. For clients. For students. For your work. For your people. Possibly while quietly telling yourself, “I’ll rest later.”

12/18/2025

There’s a kind of grief that doesn’t get named very often.

It’s the grief of loving people from a distance. Of growing without being witnessed by everyone who knew you before. Of becoming someone new without a shared storyline to carry it.

Nothing dramatic.
Nothing loud.

Just quiet moments where you realize some people won’t get to see who you are now.

Not because you didn’t try.
Not because you didn’t reflect.
But because access isn’t the same thing as connection.

If this resonates, you’re not cold.
You’re not avoidant.
You’re not doing healing wrong.

You’re allowed to keep growing even if not everyone gets a front-row seat.

And if someone needs to fully understand you in order for you to feel at peace that’s already too heavy a burden to carry.

You’re allowed to choose distance and still have a very full heart.

If this feels familiar, you’re not alone.

And you don’t owe anyone a version of you that costs you your nervous system.

With care,
Lea

12/04/2025

Resistance is often just a misattuned moment.

Trauma-Informed care asks us to slow down, share power, and get curious about what the behaviour is protecting.

It’s not about compliance, it’s about connection.

Join us for a FREE call on Tuesday, December 9 @9:30am PST to learn how to become “The Informed Practitioner”

🎉Comment TIP for registration details!

With care,
Lea & Meaghan

11/26/2025

Anyone else 😂😂😂😂